Primavera 2018

[chemica]

Just now, MatheauWillis said:

They should hire a plane with a banner attached to it and fly it over Barcelona on the Afternoon prior to each set imo

Forget what I just said, this is a better idea.

[boaboaboa]

What were all the unexpected acts last year?

Mogwai on the live dance music stage, Local Natives in some VIP stage, Haim gobbling up DJ Coco's set and Arcade Fire playing on that specially built stage, was that all of them?

I'm unsure about anything being announced for Unexpected that's not similar to last year. Haim we're the weird one for me (Mogwai could be a shoe in for any Primavera announcement), not sure what they'll have up their sleeve. Maybe Last Shadow Puppets again?

In regard to BITS, I'm hoping they announce Hercules & Love Affair live (playing APE, though I think they're far too big to play that little live stage). I imagine most of the electronic artists on the poster will play there anyway, with maybe a few additions. I think the smaller names on the poster at the bottom of each day (Four Tet presents/ Floating Points/ Dekmantel) will play the BITs stage on the really early slot (12pm - 6pm or around those times) to get people inside the venue early and utilise the beach area, similar to last year.

[xxialac]

Also Wedding Presents, Pond, Operators, Algiers...

Algiers and Operators were superb - amazing to watch as part of a tiny tiny crowd.

[Steph U]

On 20.2.2018 at 9:48 PM, xxialac said:

Outlandish Primavera 2018 theory: 

Could Paul McCartney be added?

This theory has already been mentioned somewhere on page 31 of this thread. 

Regarding the phone-announcements of the secret gigs: I agree with you that it's annoying to do it this way. Besides, I kept having problems with the app/my phone like the connection was down occasionally (so I didn't get notifications in the first place) and I'd also lost my starred artists three times in total, so I had to uninstall the app several times. So yeah, would be happy for an alternative way of notification.

[Justiceforcedave]

On 2/20/2018 at 8:48 PM, xxialac said:

- They implied Unexpected would be much bigger this year. Hard to be bigger than that and would be a great stunt to pull off.

A bit like how the promo vid implied they had the most incredible insane lineup in the world in the history of time ever?

[xxialac]

8 minutes ago, Justiceforcedave said:

A bit like how the promo vid implied they had the most incredible insane lineup in the world in the history of time ever?

Ha, fair point!

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[Martin_89]

Even the "leftover" project from Nicolas Jaar is amazing. Won't mind if he do a unexpected show at PS18. Seems like he haven't booked anything for this year yet.

 

 

[timeforheroes]

Yeah would love Jaar in any form.  That new one is great. 

 

Getting headaches looking at the Thursday bill. No exaggeration 20 people I'd wanna see.

[JedTheHumanoid]

36 minutes ago, timeforheroes said:

Getting headaches looking at the Thursday bill. No exaggeration 20 people I'd wanna see.

Yeah, Thursday's impossible.

I assume the morodor will have Chvrches, TWOD, Nick Cave, Bjork and Vince Staples, probably in that order. FourTet will probably do around 3AM, like Flying Lotus last year, and then you still have Fever Ray, Unknown Mortal Orcestra, Sparks, Rostam, Nils Frahm, Madlib, Mount kimbie and Alex G.  

14 acts I'd like to see, and still a few more names there I still need to check out. Amazing day

Edited March 1, 2018 by JedTheHumanoid

[D-Low]

Does anyone ever have a crack at updating the Clashfinder like Glastonbury in the run up? I'm too impatient to start planning and like the function of clicking/highlighting the acts I want to see in a visual planner.

[timeforheroes]

2 hours ago, JedTheHumanoid said:

Yeah, Thursday's impossible.

I assume the morodor will have Chvrches, TWOD, Nick Cave, Bjork and Vince Staples, probably in that order. FourTet will probably do around 3AM, like Flying Lotus last year, and then you still have Fever Ray, Unknown Mortal Orcestra, Sparks, Rostam, Nils Frahm, Madlib, Mount kimbie and Alex G.  

14 acts I'd like to see, and still a few more names there I still need to check out. Amazing day

Also Ezra Furman, James Holden, Hinds, Here Lies Man...

[timeforheroes]

30 minutes ago, D-Low said:

Does anyone ever have a crack at updating the Clashfinder like Glastonbury in the run up? I'm too impatient to start planning and like the function of clicking/highlighting the acts I want to see in a visual planner.

 they're good for releasing times. Usual in April but can be early or late.

Near impossible to predict before then because poster is no indication of time slot or stage bar the big ones will be over in mordor but beyond that is pure guess.

 

[xxialac]

Just now, timeforheroes said:

 they're good for releasing times. Usual in April but can be early or late.

Near impossible to predict before then because poster is no indication of time slot or stage bar the big ones will be over in mordor but beyond that is pure guess.

 

Agree. A clashfinder would be utterly pointless as too much guesswork. 

I focus on narrowing each day down to Must See and Would Be Nice To See lists.

[xxialac]

So who have we got on the unexpectedprimavera list in the end?

I would say base on their apparent availability:

- Rodriguez (or could be Hidden)

-Spoon

-Nicolas Jaar

[timeforheroes]

10 hours ago, xxialac said:

So who have we got on the unexpectedprimavera list in the end?

I would say base on their apparent availability:

- Rodriguez (or could be Hidden)

-Spoon

-Nicolas Jaar

 Not been for a few years, how does unexpected and hidden work? I assumed from the patter they were one and the same.

Exciting for Fri and Sat, massively daunting anyone else might play Thursday!

[xxialac]

Unexpected - Last year about 3 or 4 new bands including Mogwai and Haim played unexpected plus Arcade Fire played a second show plus a few bands played intimate shows.

Hidden - every year about 6 bands get added to the bill a couple of weeks before. Play quite a small ticketed stage.

 

[chemica]

25 minutes ago, xxialac said:

Unexpected - Last year about 3 or 4 new bands including Mogwai and Haim played unexpected plus Arcade Fire played a second show plus a few bands played intimate shows.

Hidden - every year about 6 bands get added to the bill a couple of weeks before. Play quite a small ticketed stage.

 

I really wanted to see The Radio Dept. on hidden last year. But couldn't seem to get a ticket. 

Just how small is that stage? Haha

[timeforheroes]

So the unexpected were added once the festival  started, in spaces left in the clashfinder?

Or already there as pseudonyms?

Interesting idea. Like people have alluded to, bit of a ballache checking phone and the like for info.

 

[xxialac]

they added them here at c.1pm each day last year so with the exception of Arcade Fire was always before you set out.

https://unexpected.primaverasound.barcelona/

Edited March 2, 2018 by xxialac

[timeforheroes]

Much appreciated. 

Final question hopefully...

Was backstage stuff VIP only? I've seen it on the map and assumed it was.

[Martin_89]

Maybe My Bloody Valentine for Unexpected? Playing at Roskilde this year.

[xxialac]

17 minutes ago, Martin_89 said:

Maybe My Bloody Valentine for Unexpected? Playing at Roskilde this year.

Didn't realise they'd been added. 

With Roskilde taking place in June, the odds must have fallen a lot.

Would be a fantastic addition!

[xxialac]

And Belly maybe?

[Steph U]

Still hoping for the likes of The Charlatans, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage or REM to make an unexpected appearance.